MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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